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What is General Knowledge?

The public knowledge communicated by a range of non-specialist masses encompassing a wide subject range. General erudition: knowledge of many things.


What does General Knowledge talk about?

Knowledge about anything, anyone, anyplace in the universe. General acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. General knowledge is also moderately associated with verbal ability, though only weakly or not at all with numerical and spatial ability.


Why is General Knowledge Needed?

There are studies that found General Knowledge can predict exam results. The study examined personality predictors &cognitive ability in student's exam performance which found General knowledge was positively related with overall exam results.


Where we need General Knowledge?

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

Relating to or involved in crime

 

 

A) Chaste B) Impeccant
C) Licit D) Felonious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Felonious

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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of a book“President Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman” on 2ndJuly 2017 from ________ at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

A) Sumitra Mahajan B) Arun Jaitley
C) Hamid Ansari D) Narendra Modi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Narendra Modi

Explanation:

The President expressed his gratitude to The Statesman for bringing out a photo essay on the 13th Presidency. He appreciated the wonderful photos taken by Shri Varun Joshi from The Statesman that feature in the photo essay. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi said that the photo essay was important from the historical perspective.

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The process in which energy stored in carbohydrates is released

A) Photosynthesis B) Respiration
C) Reproduction D) Excretion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Respiration

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The depth of a complete binary tree is given by

A) Dn = log 2 (n+1) B) Dn = log 1/2 (n+1)
C) Dn = log (n+1) D) Dn = log 2 (n-1)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dn = log 2 (n+1)

Explanation:

A complete binary tree is a binary tree where all the levels have maximum number of nodes except possibly the last level.

 

The depth of complete binary tree of n nodes will be Dn=log 2 (n+1) where Dn is the height or depth of the tree and n is the number of nodes.

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In case of a heart attack, a hormone is injected as an emergency measure, Which one is it?

A) Thyroxine B) Adrenaline
C) Heparin D) Insulin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Adrenaline

Explanation:

Heparin is a hormone secreted by the liver. This is anticoagulant in its property. It prevents cloting of blood inside the heart and blood vessels. Heart attack is the result of a block in the blood vessels supplying blood to the walls of the heart.

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A car parked in the sun with its windows closed gets terribly hot inside. This is due to 

A) the heat emitted by the engine B) the greenhouse effect
C) the good conducting power of the metal body D) the double layered wind shield
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the greenhouse effect

Explanation:

The green house effect. The waves of smaller wavelength from the sun enter inside the car through the glass windows and are absorbed. The waves of larger wavelength emitted from inside cannot get out through the glass, but remain inside and make it terribly hot.

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Which of the following statements about Australian football is TRUE?

A) Goals are scored by kicking the ball through goal posts. B) Each team has a number of set plays for both offense and defense.
C) Constant movement of the ball is similar to baseball. D) The players tend to wear a large amount of padding.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Goals are scored by kicking the ball through goal posts.

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During the Indian Freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts (Lal Kurtis) called for _____

A) the pathan nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism B) the union of Pasthun tribal areas in north-west with the Afghanistan
C) the adoption of terrorist tactics and methods for terrorising and finally ousting the colonial rulers. D) the adoption of communist revolutionary ideology for political and social reform
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the pathan nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism

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